Keyboard shorcuts are fantastics…but unfortunetly, not every task has a keyboard shortcut assigned to it. However, if you want, you can create your own custom keyboard shortcuts and add to the already impressive list of shortcuts that’s built into you Mac. Here’s how… Go under the Apple menu, to System Preferences, and choose Keyboard & […]

I posted this as a How to on Lifespy last night, but for those of you that may not know, this is a very useful – and very, very simple – quick tip. Here’s how you Boot from a CD on a Mac. Restart the Computer. Hold down the “c” key when the computer boots […]

In a post yesterday about Google Talk being added to iChat 4.0, a reader named Mark pointed out that you can actually already do this in current versions of iChat via Jabber. Simply select Jabber Account when you are setting up the account. Enter talk.google.com as the server, and your gmail address as the username. […]

The Universal Access area of your System Preferences is one of the least used places on most Macs…but it is filled with cool and interesting things you can do on your Mac. One such thing is zooming. You can zoom in and out of your screen just like if you were using an application like […]

So, you’re moving some files over to, say, external storage…so you drag them over to the other drive and start waiting. The files transfer then you go get the other files, move them into the trash on the original machine – that’s the fastest way to do that, right? Nope. If you press Command when […]

One of the hardest parts of getting a new machine is moving over all of your content from your current system to the new one.Â In Tiger, however, that is a snap. All you have to do is connect your old Mac to your new Mac via a Firewire cable.Â Then head into the Applications […]

Want a quick way to find a file that you’re looking for?Â Sure you can use Spotlight, but if you like digging through folders there is a way to open multiple folders at the same time. First Command-Click on all the folders that you want to open. Next, press Command-Right Arrow and those folders will […]

As far as I know, this is the first widget made my Microsoft for OS X. (I know if I am wrong, someone will quickly point it out to me). The widget is for the Microsoft online LIVE site. It’s called Live Search Mini, and looks pretty and shiny…at least this image does…I’m not downloading […]

Apple Security Update, Target selling AppleTVs, and Apple Futureshock discussion You can subscribe via iTunes, or by RSS feed, or… you can directly download the episode right here. In addition to that, you should be able to play every episode of the podcast directly in your browser by using the widget below. Just click on […]

If your software update hasn’t notified you yet, Apple has released a pretty extensive security update. It’s not a bad idea to go ahead and manually update your system to get it out of the way. Here’s a breakdown of what is in the update: Security Update 2007-004 is recommended for all users and improves […]